Knowing That Abrahamic Traditions Cannot Be Taken Literally
When you've got talk of prophecies and holy wars fueling real-world tensions, it's time to wake up and see the bigger picture: dogmatic literalism is a recipe for global disaster.
When you've got talk of prophecies and holy wars fueling real-world tensions, it's time to wake up and see the bigger picture: dogmatic literalism is a recipe for global disaster.
Wars rage across continents. Nations stockpile nukes. The slightest spark could spiral us into World War III. Yet, many cling to ancient texts, reading every line like a cosmic instruction manual for Armageddon. Does that really make sense in the 21st century, or are we stoking our own apocalypse?
GNOSIS isn’t here to politely whisper that maybe, just maybe, everything in scripture shouldn’t be read as factual history. We’re here to yell it from the rooftops: Literalism kills nuance, fosters extremism, and practically begs for doomsday scenarios. Whether it's fueling religious nationalist movements or justifying violence, a “take it at face value” approach to Abrahamic texts belongs in the Dark Ages, not our modern, nuclear-tipped era.
Let’s get blunt: If you're basing modern-day policies or existential beliefs on documents that can’t keep their own stories straight, how confident can you really be?
(2 Samuel 24:1 vs. 1 Chronicles 21:1)
One passage says God made King David take a census. Another says it was Satan. You’d think they'd iron this out in the same holy book if it were that important. But hey, who’s counting?
(Genesis 6:19-20 vs. Genesis 7:2-3)
First God says “two of every kind,” then “seven pairs of the clean animals.” If you think this is consistent, your mental gymnastics are gold-medal worthy. Maybe we just needed extra steaks post-flood?
(Matthew 27:5 vs. Acts 1:18)
Did he hang himself, or did he fall headlong and burst open? If you’re taking every verse literally, you’ll need a pretty creative scenario to reconcile these two gruesome endings.
Test how literally you’re taking these ancient texts that people keep weaponizing for modern mayhem:
If the planet goes up in nuclear flames because some zealots insisted on turning these texts into a literal script for Armageddon, how does that honor any God? Or humanity, for that matter?
It’s time to snap out of it. Scriptures can have profound wisdom—metaphor, symbolism, moral teachings. But if we ignore the nuance and cling to every line as an unerring cosmic blueprint, we risk fueling the very fires we claim to fear.